School: Duleek (B.) (roll number 6554)

Location:
Duleek, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Micheál Ó Braonáin
Browse
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0682, Page 198

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0682, Page 198

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Duleek (B.)
  2. XML Page 198
  3. XML “Duleek Ghost Stories”
  4. XML “Duleek Ghost Stories”
  5. XML “Duleek Ghost Stories”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. (continued from previous page)
    tuft of thistle grew up like a headstone to mark the place where he was buried, and every night he can be seen standing there and he will go away the day that Ireland is free.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
  2. 5. One time when my grandfather was a young boy, he was working in a farmer’s house down near the Boyne. The owner of the house was Mr Boylan. When my grandfather went to it first he was put into a shed that was haunted. One night when he was in bed there was a big collie dog with him. And a ghost came in. He could not see it but the dog saw it, when my grandfather put out his hand for the candle it was upside down. The dog began to sweat then – he ran under the clothes.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
  3. 6. One time a man died in his gentleman’s house. The man’s name was W. Boylan, and he was from Hilltown, Bellewstown, and he loved the place. When he was dying he said he would like Hilltown better than Heaven. And then he died in sin. When he was dead the people in the house would hear noise every night. They sent for the Curate that also
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Seán Ó Conchubhair
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Commons, Co. Meath
    Informant
    Risteárd Ó Conchubhair
    Relation
    Grandparent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    76
    Address
    Commons, Co. Meath